Pires y la Orquesta da Camera: la pequeña gran belleza

By Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 15 February 2021

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Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 14 February 2021

Tchaikovsky, Serenade for strings in C major, Op.48

Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 9 in E flat major, "Jeunehomme", K271

Maria João Pires, Piano

Orquesta Da Camera

Miloš Karadaglić y la guitarra clásica en el Palau de la Música

Maria Sánchez, 31st March

El guitarrista balcánico desplegó sus dotes en las cuerdas de uno de los instrumentos más arraigados del Mediterráneo en un programa repleto de variedades.

****1

Festival Strings Lucerne bring sleek clarity and ambient stasis

Simon Cummings, 31st May

Maria João Pires gives a soporific, lacklustre performance of Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, while the Festival Strings Lucerne transform Honegger’s Pastorale d'été into a riveting ambient moodscape and bring pristine clarity to the Pastoral Symphony.

***11

Maria João Pires exudes elegance and grace in Cleveland recital

Cameron Kelsall, 3rd May

The semi-retired pianist offered a generous program of Schubert and Debussy that showcased her technical prowess and interpretive gifts.

*****

Bruckner with a light touch from Blomstedt and the Philharmonia

Dominic Lowe, 26th May

Sensitive, nuanced Bruckner from Blomstedt and a Mozartian treat from Maria João Pires.

****1

Maria João Pires takes the spotlight at the Argerich Festival

Cameron Kelsall, 1st July

A collaborative performance of Mozart's Sonata for two pianos was not broadcast, but Pires stanched any disappoint by offering refined interpretations of Schubert.

****1

Maria João Pires reveals her poetic pianism in rare Aix appearance

Edward Sava-Segal, 7th April

A lovely recital of Schubert, Debussy and Beethoven by the Portuguese pianist in Aix’s Théâtre du Jeu de Paume.

****1

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Leonardo Mattana Ereño

Leonardo Mattana (1988) es Doctor en filosofía por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. También ha cursado estudios de piano, composición, teoría musical e historia de la música en el conservatorio de Sassari (Italia). Sus pasiones musicales son trasversales, privilegiando la música sinfónica y de cámara, pero sobre todo, buscando siempre en la experiencia estética de la música elementos de reflexión.

Tchaikovsky y Mozart con Pires y la Orquesta da Camera: la pequeña gran belleza